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. WEEKLYeNURWALK-UALEITE
SOUTH WNORWALK.
Branch Office of GAZETTE No. 12
North Main Street
Miss Katherine D. Swick has resign
ed as assistant principal of the Concord
Street school.
Thomas-Goodwin who died at the
hospital this morning was a former
resident of this city.
The Naromake Gun club will hold.a
trophy shoot at Gregory’s Point, to-
morrow afternoon.
The Lexington avenue Baptist church
of New York, will give an excursion to
Roton Point to-morrow.
A Neurkirchner has secured the ser-
vices of Henry VVeiler of N ewYork, at
his shop on Railroad avenue.
There will be a base ball game to-
morrow afternoon between the Twin
City and Iron Works ball tossers.
“Our Norwalk Hospital” was the
subject at the prayer meeting held in
the Congregational church last night.
The Twin City Mandolin club will
attend a lawn party to be held at the
residence of William Tocque next
Tuesday evening. .
Captain “Al” Merritt and John
Whele of Putnam Hose attended the
firemen’s parade in Port Chester, yes-
terday.
M. O’Brien has resigned his clerk-
ship -at Donovan’s store, and Moses
Hallock is temporarily acting in that
capacity.
Arthur Knapp employed at the rail-
road freight office took a header, while
riding his bicycle on West avenue this
morning. The wheel was somewhat
damaged.
While riding down “Test avenue on
a bicycle yesterday afternoon Hanford
Smith took a header and succeeded in
picking up a quantity of mud. He at-
tempted to return. the wheel to the
agency but found the door locked. All
had gone to the races.
The police have been asked to look
out for a bicycle stolen from New Brit-
ain.
The Stow furniture establishment has
been attached.
It is understood that Mr. Fred Bax-
ter will open a drug store in the new
Marvin building, adjoining the pro-
posed new post office.
Frank Hanford has opened a market
on the Benedict Farm bridge.
William Lauder has been elected
captain oflthe Brown base ball team
for next year. .
Mary Hutchinson was found wander-
ing aimlessly about the streets last
night and was given lodging in the
station-house, from which place she
was liberated this morning.
Chief Vollmer was a witness in the
Imapassino murder trial at Bridgeport
yesterday.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Clark of Union street, this
morning.
A wrecking company is engaged in
pumping coal out of a sunken barge
near Goese Island.
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LocAL AND OTHER NEWS. I,
Mrs. W. E. James is ill at her home
on East avenue.
—Baseball, Catholic club vs.Wescotts
Saturday 3:30 p. m., Norwalk Park.
Captain Wilcoxson, and Lieutenants
Scott, Bloom and German are before
the militaryexaminin g board in Bridge -
port to-‘day.
—Great stock of Hammocks at the
Boston store Norwalk. Save your
duplicate checks and win the wheel
Saturday night, June 19th, at 10
o’clock. j 18 It
Mr.'a.nd Mrs. Louis J. Hall of New
Canaan leave for a trip: to Dakota, to-
morrow. .
—Comfort common sense Ties A. H.
Hoyt & Son, 37 Wall street, $75 in
gold free. _
Mrs. William J. Brown is ill at her
home on Wilton avenue.
'-—Rubber blankets at the Boston
Store, Norwalk. 690; they are worth
$1.75. For Horse or Lap covers. Save
your duplicate checks and win the
wheel Saturday night, June 19, at 10
o ’clock.
The infant son of Hugh Cook was
christened William Henry Cook, by
Rev. Father Furlong last evening.
Michael Manning and Agnes Cook
acted. as sponsors.
—Economy W. L. Douglass $2.00 and
$3.00 shoes, Hoyt’s 37 Wall street, $75
in gold free, Aug. 23. j 18 5t
The Broad River Sunuay school is
making preparations for its fourteenth
annual strawberry festival.
.——$75rbicycle given away Saturday
night, June 19th, at the Boston store
Norwalk.
John Hogan is meeting with fairly
good success in mastering a bicycle.
a
—‘5'39c linen Batiste 19c at the Boston‘
store N orwavlk. Save your duplicate
checks and win the Wheel Saturday
night, June 19th, at 10 o’clock. J 1811;
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ALPHA CLUBTRACK RACES.
(coxrmnnn mom man 1. )
Ehrich, 4th. Time, 1:03 3-5.
Fourth Heat—VV. L. Losee, 1st; H.
M. Stivers, 2nd; P. H. Stark, 3rd; J.
F. Broderick, 4th. Time, 1:04 3-5.
Final—VV. J. Ehrich, lst; C. W.
Clark, 2nd; J. Thompson, 3rd; J. D.
Cooper, 4th. Time, 1:02 1-5.
ONE-HALF MILE OPEN.
First Heat—H. K. Bird, 1st; E. C.
Hausman. 2nd; C. T. Nelson, 3rd; A.
R. Freeman, J:th. Time 1.09.
Second HeatflIV. H. Fearing, lst;
B. F. Allen, 2nd: F. W. Richt, 3rd;
IV. E. Teuzler, 4th. Time 1.09.
Final—IV. H. Fearing, lst; A. R.
Freeman, 2nd; H. K. Bird, 3rd; George
Reith, 4th. Time 1.08.
At the close of the races George
Reith of Harlem and A. M. Curtis of
Meriden, on a tandem, paced S. W. L.
Fullerton of Montclair, IT. J. for a half
mile.
The tandem crossed the tape in 56 3-5
seconds,and Fullerton in 56 4—5 seconds,
making a new tandem track and state
record and a new state and track record
for a' half mile paced.
SPROCKETS.
There were several accidents during
the afternoon, but the most serious oc-
cured prior to the races when a Brook-
lyn rider while exercising collided and
was thrown breaking his collar bone.
William Lane of Danbury also re-
ceived a bad fall at the finish of one of
the races, cutting a bad gash in his
cheek.
Dr. A. N. Clark's horse ran away
early in the day upsetting the carriage
and creating considerable excitement.
He was captured after dragging the
upturned carriage a short distance.
Reporter Dick Fitch was on hand
with his Premo camera and succeeded
in securing several fine pictures of the
races.
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FRATERNAL NEWS.
Secretaries of fraternal, or secret so-
cieties are invited to send to the
GAZETTE, the elections of officers and
other news pertaining to their lodges
to be printed in this column. The
names of officers should be brought in
on the evening of their election and
all other news with equal promptness.
Edward Riordan has been elected
president of the Oriole club and “'illiam
Riley secretary.
Members of Uncas Tribe, Red Men.
visited New Canaan last evening, and
called on members of the Ponus tribe
who treated them to strawberries and
cream.
The Daughters of Rebekah will visit
their sisters who are in Stamford, to-
night.
The St. Joseph’s T. A. & B. society
will meet this evening.
The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist church will meet this evening.
The Daughters of Liberty elected
officers last evening.
The Woman’s Relief Corps of Buck.-
ingham Post, G. A. R. met yesterday
afternoon.
Clinton Commandery. No. 3, K. T,
will meet this evening.
The Cockenoe tribe of Red Men will
nominate officers to-night.
I SHE-REPT HIM A BACHELOR.
Yet Gave Him the Start in Life That Made
Him a Success.
A Michigan lawyer. whose success
has been an established fact for years.
tells one incident in his life, from which
he dates his prosperity:
“I had gone from a farm up in New
Hampshire to Boston. In worldly mat—
ters I was deplorably ignorant, but in
book lore I must have been something
of a phenomenon, for so much that I
have read was literature such as oc-
cupied the thoughts of the scholar a
century or so ago. I had said farewell
to the folks at home, and positively as-
sured them that when I came back I
would be a lawyer.
"I had my whole campaign mapped
out, and you can infer I was a novice
from my line of procedure. In my
mind the Mayor of a great city exer-
cised a sort of patriarch-a1 sovereignty.
From what I had read in my old books
he was the father of his people. So I
went to the Mayor of Boston; not to
his office, but'to his house, in the even-
ing. and without invitation. He was
the central figure in some sort of social
function. and 1 was practically par-
alyzed when ushered into his august
presence. The fine ladies about him
put the finishing touches on my timid-
ity. As I look back I can recall that I
would speak at first, then think, and
finziliy suffer indescribable horrors. I
was in a state of irresponsible extinc~
tion. But it was one of those same
line ladies that came to my rescue.
With a tact that would have won her
fame as a cross-examiner, she drew
me out, was delighted with the quaint
knowledge that I possessed, interested
the Mayor in spite of himself, and he
actually put me into an office where
l. was self-sustaining from the start.
"\‘s'hI-II admitted to the bar I found
an opening to come West and have :11-
ways been satisfied that it was the
Mayor who found it for me. I tried
to Induce that fine young lady to come
with me, but she was just as tactful
in refusing my proposal as she had
Icon in helping me to a start. I think
I is her fault that I am a. lawyer, and I
.~;Iz-.Iw it’s her fault that I’m a. bache-
.or."——l_)ctroit Free Press.
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--All the auccesSful Merchants 0
this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE
»ti0n very carefully.
was Major Cameron, of' the Thirty-
fourth Hagras Native Infantry. He
read the charge and then witnesses
proved that Abdul was guilty as
rhargcd. The president then sentenced
the culprit to fifty lashes and to two
years’ imprisonment.
Two elephants led Abdul to an open
space and in the presence of the whole
battery the punishment began. The
culprit trumpeted in fear and made an
unearthly noise.
There were fourteen elephants on
one side and the officers and men of
the battery on the other three. In the
centre of this hollow square stood Lal-
la (.\'o. 1). the flogger, and the prison
cr. The latter was chained by the four
legs to as many heavy iron pegs. and
could not move. ~
Pastoral .to Lalla’s trunk was an
immense cable chain. 'When all was
ready. the Major gave the word, and
:lowu came the chain with a resound-
ing whack. Abdul roared for all he
was worth. Fifty times was the” oper-
ation repeated. and then Abdul was
taken to a compound, where he re-
mained a prisoner for two years.—
.\'cw York Journal.
BREAKING A $20 GOLD PIECE.
When Tapped by a. Connoisseur thr- (Tenn-n
Fell Out.
One of the most puzzled men i‘n town
is 3. Montgomery street i'estnurun?
keeper who recently took in :l :52.) golf
piece which filled all the ordinary I'k‘
quirements of \genuincncss so for :1:
a superficial test could reveal I'I'Ii‘.
facts. But a few days ago :I haul-m
Stepped into his place and saw the :52!
gold piece which the restaurant Inn;
had received only a short time before
The banker had a queer look in hi.»
eyes as he took the coin and rapped it
sharply with his knife. and the restau-
rant keeper had a stranger expression
as he saw his supposed $20 piece hrcnI-t
into two pieces, says the San Francisco
Call.
“How is this?” he dcnmiulcd.
The banker answered: "It is the
same old game. I had one of these
pieces myself, and since that I have
tested gold pieces of the $20 denomina-
If that had been
genuine my test would not have bro-
ken it.”
Then the restaurant keeper and the
banker carefully examined it together.
The outside of the gold piece was all
rigilt, seemingly, when the dissevered
parts were placed together. The mill~
ing seemed to be up to the standard.
The weight was correct. _
But the inside of the piece was half
filled with a composition which was
not the customary gold and alloy. Still
closer examination revealed that the
gold had been sawed through with ex-
quisite care and skill just inside of the
milling. Then the milling had been rc~
moved, and from the interior of the
piece some of the gold had been ex-
tracted and the beser composition was
made to take the place of the more pre-
cious metal. Then, with equal deft—
ness and skill, the milling had been re-
placed and soldered in some way, and
the trick was done.
Russian Hun‘ting Dogs.
Harding Cox writes about l-aika, or
northern dog, to the London Field.
"The duties of the true laika,” he
says, "are of an extremely varied na-
ture. Among the Chinese about 1,000,-
000 are eaten every year, while in Bus-
sia the beast is trained for all sorts of
hunting—squirrels, bear, deer, snipe,
capercailzie, ermine, sable, and all the
other beasts are taken with them,
even the wolves. It is estimated that
nearly 1,000,000 rubles worth of game
is taken every year with the aid of the
Iaikas in Russia.
"In the Polar swamps the laikas are
used in drawing sledges as well as
hunting by the natives, while their
warm pelts are made to serve as coats
and trousers after death.”
SPANKING AN ELEPHANT. W
9 first Meeting \Vith Mosquitoes.
Two Irishmen just landed in Am
erica, were encampcd on the open
plain. In the evening they retired to
rest, and were soon attacked by
swarms of mosquitoes. They took ref-
uge under the bed clothes. At last
one of them ventured to peep out. and,
seeing a firefly, exclaimed In tones of
terror:
“Mickey, it’s no use; there’s one of
the crayth-ers searching for us wid a
Iantern.”-—Pearson’s Weekly.
An Occurrence in India. in which One
Animal had to Punish Another.
Did you ever see an elephant
spanked? Scarcrly. for they don't do
such things in this country. but they
do in India. Capinin Martin, of the
British army. slammed at Campbell-
porc. vouches for (his story. Elephant
Abdull (No. 1.3) II'2I-- on trial for killing
his keeper. Syre Rainboucles, by pick—
ing him up by the legs and crushing
his skull against a tree.
The 1;‘.;s>i:'.I-I;i of the court-martial
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Increase in Income,
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Increase in Assets,
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Increase in Surplus,
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